Fourth-year Cate Reisinger scored her career-best finish at the Butler Invitational, with the women’s golf team on the whole placing ninth out of 17 teams.
Fourth-year Cate Reisinger scored her career-best finish at the Butler Invitational, with the women’s golf team on the whole placing ninth out of 17 teams.
The Loyola women’s golf team traveled to Indianapolis, IN for the Butler Invitational hosted by Butler University Sept. 30 through Oct 1, finishing ninth out of 17 teams.
The Ramblers finished the 54-hole tournament with a total score of 891 strokes (305-290-296). Youngstown State University took first in the tournament with a score of 863 strokes (284-290-289).
Individually, the tournament ended in a tie between Youngstown State second-year Neeranuch Prajunpanich and Butler University third-year Kelli Scheck with a total of 211. Scheck ended with the top spot after a playoff with Prajunpanich.
For the Ramblers, fourth-year Cate Reisinger finished in a tie for sixth with a score of 216 (73-69-74) marking her best career finish. Her second round score was also the lowest-scoring round of her collegiate career.
Head coach Brandy Johnston said Reisinger’s performance during the tournament was a source of positive momentum moving forward.
“Cate had another strong performance this week,” Johnston said. ”She is playing with a lot of confidence around the greens, and it’s reflected in her scores. I’m looking forward to seeing what she can do at our home tournament next week.”
Rambler first-year Grace Hui ended the tournament in a tie for 40th place, with second-year Grace Durkin finishing in 48th place with a total of 226 (76-75-75) points. One stroke behind Durkin was fourth-year Jolie Brochu, who finished in a tie for 49th place with 227 total strokes (79-74-74).
Finishing off for Loyola was second-year Cassie Psuik who ended the day with a total of 230 (77-77-76) and a tie for 59th place.
Competing as an individual, first-year Madison Haugen finished in a tie for 71st place with a score of 235 (74-80-81).
Johnston said the team’s performance early on at the tournament limited their success, but lauded the team’s ability to come back after the first round.
“Overall, I felt we did a lot of good things over these last two days,” Johnston said. “We struggled on the back nine in the opening round which hurt us in the overall standings, but we rebounded with our best team score of the season in round two. Today, we scrambled and saved some pars which was great to see.”
The Ramblers remain home for their next tournament as they host the Loyola Parkinson Family Invitational Oct. 7-8. The tournament will take place at the Merit Club, a private course in Libertyville, IL.
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